Table 3.

First sexual experience and lifetime partners

	Male			Female
	Adults 18–39	Adults 40–49	Adults 50–59	Adults 18–39	Adults 40–49	Adults 50–59
Ever had sex***	89.4	98.8	99.7	85.2	95.6	95.7
N	2,202	491	288	2,092	457	375
For respondents who ever had sex:
Median age first sex***	18	18	19	19	20	20
First Partner***
Boy/girlfriend	54.5	36.5	34.6	36.5	16.3	11.3
Friend	17.3	10.1	7.7	2.2	1.2	0.5
Acquaintance	10.3	13.5	10.7	1.6	1.8	1.4
Fiancée	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	1.0
Spouse - registered	2.8	9.7	17.0	20.5	39.1	41.5
Spouse – not registered	3.4	4.4	6.7	37.9	40.8	44.0
Sex worker	11.2	25.3	21.8	0.3	0.6	0.2
Other	0.4	0.5	1.5
Condom use at first sex***	30.7	12.2	10.1	15.2	6.3	2.3
Lifetime partners
Had a regular partner**	85.5	96.9	97.8	99.7	99.4	100.0
Had a casual partner*	56.6	48.8	36.4	3.5	2.1	0.7
Had a paid partner**	37.4	45.9	42.1	0.1	0.2	0.0
N	1,847	485	287	1,501	432	356

^***p<.01 male and female.

^**p<.01 male only